The New Wild and Crazy Guys

IT'S 10:30 on a Thursday night, and Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis, two new faces on "Saturday Night Live," are speeding downtown in a cab, checking their hair. They had spent the day in wigs, shooting a mock music video. They're headed to meet Seth Meyers, a five-season veteran, and Bill Hader, another rookie, at a favorite post-rehearsal haunt called Dublin, in the West Village at Hudson and 11th Streets.

Mr. Meyers, who's been promoted to a head writer slot, is coming off a long day of rewrites. He greets Sandy the bartender with a kiss on the cheek and orders his first Macallan. The next to arrive is Mr. Hader, who orders an Amstel Light, but since the bar has stopped serving food, he's off to a deli.

Just as Mr. Hader returns with a turkey and Brie, Mr. Samberg and Mr. Sudeikis -- the guys call him Suds -- stroll in, the former fixing his hair and the latter in a newsboy cap. Mr. Samberg's hair has reached new heights after spending the day under a bald cap. "The day I met him, Andy told me how powerful hair could be," Mr. Meyers said.

Mr. Meyers segued into the "morning-after sandwich," best described as going to bed with a half-eaten sandwich that is still in your hands when you wake up.

Blondie's "Heart of Glass" came on, and they sang falsetto; no one had the right words. Within seconds they synced their fake lyrics to simply repeating "bong-a-bong."

Discussion meandered from great comedians (Margaret Dumont and the Marx brothers) to ideal "S.N.L." guests (Eddie Murphy) to the group hug at the show's end. "We keep hugging for hours," Mr. Meyers said.